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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have ADHD and my kid does too and I often have the thought that maybe none of this is actually "neurodiversity" but just that society is set up for a certain type of brain and everyone else either struggles or needs outside assistance to cope. Like I know ADHD is real, I have experienced it, but sometimes I question whether it's actually a divergence from "typical" neurology or if actually it's fairly typical but just not optimal for a society structured the ways ours is.

I also think it's highly likely that my dad and my DH have undiagnosed ADHD but I think especially with my dad it looks different because he had a SAHM who ran his life for most of his working years so he looked brilliant and high functioning but if he'd had to pay his bills and dress himself and feed himself and take care of his kids and god forbid learn how to use email and text and remember 700 passwords he would have absolutely lost it

Just a thought[/quote]

This is nearly identical to my situation and how I feel about the idea of “neurodiversity”.

Interestingly, there’s some speculation that certain ADHD traits were valuable in hunter/gatherer societies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_versus_farmer_hypothesis

It makes sense to me that not everyone’s brain is suited to the same tasks.  Some people  naturally better at math, others at art, others at reading and writing.

And I’m not saying this as “oh, classrooms are awful for energetic boys!!”  but that the limited ways of learning for kids put some kids at a disadvantage.   Even if a kid is doing well academically, she could be using a lot of mental resources to keep it together in school that she wouldn’t need to use if the learning environment was different.  [/quote]

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